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we're both from california. is it possible here that california is sending a lesson or a message to these republicans in congress. they really blocked any progress in california. the republicans did for a long time. >> right. >> bill: look what happened. the american people turned on them. you can explain better than i what the situation is in sacramento today for the california republican party. >> well, i'm so excited for my state, for our state and also for the state legislature because they have tools now that we just didn't have a few years ago and the reason they have those tools is because the voters voted to one give the legislature majority vote for a budget so california is no longer one of three states. there's now the supermajority. so in both houses, there's 2/3 controlled by democrats. california's voted for taxes. californians voted for the same thing the president is proposing. >> bill: exactly. >> going back to the tax rates for those who earn $250,000 and above and so with those tools alone, ca
we're both from california. is it possible here that california is sending a lesson or a message to these republicans in congress. they really blocked any progress in california. the republicans did for a long time. >> right. >> bill: look what happened. the american people turned on them. you can explain better than i what the situation is in sacramento today for the california republican party. >> well, i'm so excited for my state, for our state and also for the state...
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baldrick's foundation based in california but does work all around the country to raise money for research and to childhood cancers. they solved this bet on twitter and "national journal" and they said why don't you shave your head for children with cancer. they raised all of their money through shaving people's heads. they've taken -- they've taken the walkathon concept. >> bill: st. baldrick, the patron saint of bald. >> st. baldrick's.org, go there and learn their story. that's all they do is they raise money for research into childhood cancers and they do it by shaving people's heads. normal people will set up a fund-raising page and get people to donate to it. celebrities like yourself -- >> bill: forget it. >> hold on to it while you got it. >> bill: bald woodhouse is our guest here for this part -- i haven't seen you since november 6th in studio. congratulations. >> appreciate it. >> bill: you were very much a part of this extraordinary campaign. and so what do you think made the difference in the end? you know, that last week, republicans are saying oh, man look at the crowd we're
baldrick's foundation based in california but does work all around the country to raise money for research and to childhood cancers. they solved this bet on twitter and "national journal" and they said why don't you shave your head for children with cancer. they raised all of their money through shaving people's heads. they've taken -- they've taken the walkathon concept. >> bill: st. baldrick, the patron saint of bald. >> st. baldrick's.org, go there and learn their...
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so both of these things won in california, and the other thing that won in california was a win against obstructionism by having enough democrats in -- in the legislature to stop the kind of filibustering that was going on there. and then you saw it also in florida, beating back the -- you know, back door let's kill public schools with vouchers. you sanit idaho, beating back this overreach of attesting fixation, and you saw it frankly, in indiana, where one of the poster children of let's bash the teachers was defeated by a teacher. >> bill: is that right? >> yeah. so you are seeing it in the reelection of the president, and the election of so many amazing people in the senate and we're seeing it in state legislatures throughout. bottom line it was unions got out the vote, but more importantly, working families said i want a fair shot and a fair shake -- >> bill: and that starts with education. >> exactly right. >> bill: this headline californians endorse a tax initiative to avoid education cuts. >> exactly. >> bill: that's what the focus was. >> they have seen these cuts for year after
so both of these things won in california, and the other thing that won in california was a win against obstructionism by having enough democrats in -- in the legislature to stop the kind of filibustering that was going on there. and then you saw it also in florida, beating back the -- you know, back door let's kill public schools with vouchers. you sanit idaho, beating back this overreach of attesting fixation, and you saw it frankly, in indiana, where one of the poster children of let's bash...
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visiting right now with adam schiff, good friend from southern california. you can follow him on twitter twitter @repadamschiff. we will put the link up on our website. peter, what's happening in the social media world? >> peter: weigh in on facebook.com/billpresshow. on twitter black cat says bar barack is taking the fiscal cliff message to the people. isn't that what democracy is about? for these people think he is campaigning, this is democracy in action. >> i love the fact that mitch mcconnell and john boehner are whining about the fact that president obama is out on the road again. this is what ronald reagan did. >> exactly. exactly. oh, yeah. absolutely. and it's part of the job. >> yeah. ? >> you would hope that the president is engaged in a dialogue with the american people on the issues that are central importance to the country. >> called the bully pulpit. he won it. he was talking to a colleague of yours in the house the other day. and i mentioned, you know, because just butefore you guys came back, got here to save us from going over the fiscal c
visiting right now with adam schiff, good friend from southern california. you can follow him on twitter twitter @repadamschiff. we will put the link up on our website. peter, what's happening in the social media world? >> peter: weigh in on facebook.com/billpresshow. on twitter black cat says bar barack is taking the fiscal cliff message to the people. isn't that what democracy is about? for these people think he is campaigning, this is democracy in action. >> i love the fact that...
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ann is in california. >> caller: what i was going to say is words matter, so some of the words i like to use that people totally get, is the only entitlement program we should be talking about is the entightments for the rich and famous. that is their -- they feel so freaken entitled. and the other phrase i use is needy billionaires. >> bill: yeah, yeah right. i like that. it is interesting that they are always saying you know -- they are against all of these handouts, right? and romney complaining about obama giving away gifts to various groups of americans, and that's how he won the election but boy, they have their hand out more than everybody else. right? >> caller: absolutely. and they feel totally entitled to every strap they can sponge off of the rest of us. >> caller: yes it's greedy greedy bastards that make up 2% of the wealthiest americans. not all of them. >> caller: not all of them. the millionaires are kind of with us on this, but definitely not the billionaires. >> caller: yeah. we had one of the former aol executives, and he said hey, we have had a good life made a lot
ann is in california. >> caller: what i was going to say is words matter, so some of the words i like to use that people totally get, is the only entitlement program we should be talking about is the entightments for the rich and famous. that is their -- they feel so freaken entitled. and the other phrase i use is needy billionaires. >> bill: yeah, yeah right. i like that. it is interesting that they are always saying you know -- they are against all of these handouts, right? and...